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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO

650 PM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL KANSAS

  WYANDOTTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST KANSAS



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO DEVELOP

  AND MOVE ACROSS THE DE SOTO...BONNER SPRINGS...SHAWNEE...EDWARDSVILLE

  AND KANSAS CITY KANSAS AREAS.  RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES

  PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.



* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO

  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

  OLATHE...BONNER SPRINGS...EDGERTON KS...EDWARDSVILLE...GARDNER...

  KANSAS CITY KS...LAKE QUIVIRA...LEAWOOD...LENEXA...MERRIAM...

  MISSION AND OVERLAND PARK.  TURKEY...TOMAHAWK AND INDIAN CREEKS

  LIKELY WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND WILL OVERFLOW THEIR

  BANKS IN SPOTS.



BE AWARE THAT LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE IN YOUR AREA...WHICH ARE

POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS

FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

REMEMBER...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 3917 9461 3874 9462 3875 9506 3897 9503

      3897 9489 3919 9490



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